Ah, Fringe. You are sometimes so dry, taking story right out of X-Files, but lately, overall, you've been working toward a steady stream of amazing. After last night, how much more amazing can you get? For those who don't know, last night's episode was a big ol' flashback to 1985 to explain some of the current events in the show. What I didn't expect was for them to actually remake the title sequence into something straight from the '80s! It's... Well, perfect! Behold!

In posts like this, I usually provide a copy of an MP3 and an iPhone ringtone. I will not disappoint!

For the record, these tracks are not tagged properly. I'm not sure who's responsible for the original theme music, whether it's Michael Giacchino, Chris Tilton or Chad Seiter. I imagine Giacchino is the mastermind behind the music is the episode, whereas someone else (maybe even JJ Abrams, like LOST's title music) made the title music.

Once the soundtrack comes out, I'll update the artist appropriately, but for now, the MP3 and ringtone are only tagged for title.

Update 1 - May 22, 2010: Alright! I've got these things tagged in a way that I feel properly acknowledges all parties involved. As it turns out, Andrew Kramer, the guy responsible for the Fringe title visuals, posted not only the original title sequence, but also the special 1985 title sequence. In the latter post, he thanks a certain "Charles" for his hand in creating the 1985 theme song. Luckily, Charles Ferran (here is his site) wrote a comment for Kramer's 1985 post, and then someone else also commented and thanked that Charles for the music.

Therefore! I am reasonably certain that the genius responsible for the Fringe 1985 theme song is Charles Ferran. Because of that, I have updated the Artist Tag on the following files to include Charles Ferran's name, and because J.J. Abrams, according to the official Fringe soundtrack, is responsible for the original Fringe theme song, I have included his name under the Composer Tag. I believe that is proper enough!

Also, I took the audio from the video that Kramer posted, so now there are no annoying crickets at the end!

Charles Ferran - Fringe 1985 (0:23, 0.3MB MP3)

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Here's a standard MP3 ringtone cut for less silence at the beginning of the track:
Charles Ferran - Fringe 1985 (0:22, 0.3MB MP3)

Here's an iPhone M4R ringtone, which is identical to the MP3 above:
Charles Ferran - Fringe 1985 (0:22, 0.3MB M4R)

This entry was posted on Friday, April 2nd, 2010 at 5:42 pm and is filed under General.